A Spot of Bother, Haddon. Yes. I didn’t enjoy this as much as I enjoyed the Dog in the Night-time. Haddon very nearly overdoes the bother (I recall thinking at one point that if he didn’t settle down, I was going to give up on it), and it’s not clear to me he knew exactly what he wanted to accomplish, but it wasn’t disqualifyingly painful. Sensitive souls may wish to skip to the end of the chapter upon encountering the scissors.